Low-temperature magnetoresistance of ?-phase FexNi80-xCr20 alloys near the critical composition for ferromagnetism

Banerjee, S and Raychaudhuri, AK (1995) Low-temperature magnetoresistance of ?-phase FexNi80-xCr20 alloys near the critical composition for ferromagnetism. In: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter, 52 (5). pp. 3453-3458.

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Abstract

We present a comprehensive study of magnetoresistance (MR) of the crystalline pseudobinary ?-phase Fe alloy series FexNi80-xCr20 (50?x?66). This alloy series shows exotic magnetic phases as the composition (x) is varied. It has a critical composition for ferromagnetism at x=xc?59�60. MR was measured in the temperature range 1.7�110 K and up to a field of 7 T. The observed MR was small and the change was ?1%. The temperature dependence of MR was found to contain a positive and a negative contribution. The positive term was found to be ?H2 and it dominates at high field and high temperatures. We explain this as a manifestation of Kohler�s rule. The negative MR was found to have a quadratic dependence on magnetization M. The magnitude of the negative MR reaches a maximum as x?xc.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review B: Condensed Matter
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2011 04:57
Last Modified:	01 Jun 2011 04:57
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/38090

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